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FUNERAL AND BURIAL BENEFITS FOR VETERANS ELMIRA, ON, January 31, 2013 Mr. Gordon Moore, Dominion President of The Royal Canadian Legion, accompanied by Mr. Phil Fredette, the Government Relations Chair of the Funeral Service Association of Canada and
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Attachment(s): RCL News Release 31 Jan 2013.pdf
Canadian Peacekeeping Veterans Association Surrey V Chapter wish to invite all Veterans to come and be a part of Canada's National Peacekeepers' Day Remembrance Parade. A "Word" document is attached with all details and can be posted
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Attachment(s): National Peacekeepers Day Invitation - 1.doc
Veterans have been taken advantage of - those who have stood in the gap for you & me - Standing between Freedom and Tyranny. A dirty little skirmish is being successfully swept under the carpet by our government. For years the government, through
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Editorial By MGen (r) RICHARD ROHMER OC, CD, QC The trigger for this column is a Canadian senator! Yes, a senator. He's a tiger when it comes to the military, particularly when it comes to the matter of how Canada's Veterans are being dealt with
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Afghanistan casualty list raises serious credibility issues for Government treatment of Vets. On January 12 th the Canadian News Service released the casualty statistics for Afghanistan for the year of 2010. During this period of time, 331 Canadians sustained
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January 16, 2011 Subject: Update on Veterans Affairs. Dear Mr Blackburn, MP Your almost secret goodwill visit of eight (8) Canadian cities this week is considered a waste of time and a waste of tax payer’s money. When were you going to advertise
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Veterans Affairs Canada Media Advisory December 21, 2010 Minister Blackburn to Announce Important Changes to Agent Orange Ex Gratia Payment Ottawa - The Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Minister of State (Agriculture),
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The Charter of Rights and Freedoms needs the unadulterated inclusiveness of all not just some! Dave Democracy starts with inclusiveness. Had anyone in the entire memberships of many Veterans organizations been apprised of the New Veterans Charter (NVC)?
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Excerpts from Dave Plugliese, a writer; who has shared an email of Robin Brentnall, CD of Gambo, NL "Recently, the Minister of Veterans Affairs announced that the Conservative government was taking care of veterans and soldiers by making changes
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A GOOD SOLDIER ? FELLOW VOC MEMBER AND VETERAN - HUGH MESSAGE, RESPONDS TO A FRIEND WHO HAS EXPRESSED CONCERNS ON WHETHER HE IS A GOOD SOLDIER OR NOT. Posted by John J. Webber on November 13, 2010 at 10:14pm Send Message View John J. Webber's blog
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The Canadian Veterans National Day of Protest Rally - 6th of November, 2010 St. John's Newfoundland - Public Address... It seems that I am in a rare position regarding this issue. I am not a politician, nor am I a Veteran. I gain neither votes nor
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I am sure there would be one hell of a pile of Veterans and their families that would go to those hockey games... "This past weekend, some 50,000 Quebeckers turned out for a large rally in Quebec City calling for a return of the Quebec Nordiques
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010 12:22 AM Subject: FW: Letter to Mr Harper After reading this article I was overtaken with great anxiety & nausea! Just cannot grasp what in the hell did we do to deserve this type of treatment! No wonder there are so
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August 4, 2010 For Immediate Release Chilliwack , BC –National Peacekeepers’ Day, on August 9, will be commemorated at Chilliwack City Hall with the raising of the Peacekeepers’ UN Flag. The day honours and remembers all Canadian Peacekeepers
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Changes to overseas recognition: Bars to be awarded for multiple rotations by Major Laurie Kannegiesser Canadian Forces personnel who have served multiple tours in Southwest Asia will soon be sporting rotation bars on their medals, one of several changes
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